collection (of a debt, rent, taxes, etc.); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
treatment; service; handling; management
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
soul food (African American cuisine); local comfort food; regional cuisine
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
awesome; amazing; incredible; a lot; absolutely
treatment (of a person); dealing with
dancing or jumping for joy
good news; happy news; glad tidings
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
electrically powered; electric
blue sky; azure sky; erudition; great learning; detachment from the world
seamless; seamless stockings
tie-up (e.g. between companies); tie-in; collaboration; partnership; cooperation
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
pan; pot; transgender man (female-to-male); butch lesbian; (arch.) maidservant; (arch.) housemaid
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
first shrine visit of the New Year
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
celebration; congratulations